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Women's Political Union of New Jersey, Englewood Branch
The Women's Political Union of New Jersey (WPU) was founded by Mina Van Winkle in 1909. The group tended to be on the more militant side. It was primarily based in Essex. The Englewood Branch was organized as a separate branch of the Northern Valley Women's Political Union on… -
Women's Rights Information Center
Pheobe Seham along with others began brainstorming the development of the Women's Rights Information Center in 1973. An abandoned building was bought in 1982 and the center was created by architect Eleanor Kendall Pettersen. The WRIC creates programs to help women, such as job… -
Young Men's Hebrew Association (YMHA)
The Youn Men's Hebrew Association is a social service organization that supports Jewish communities by providing a number of cultural, educational, and recreational services. The first organization to be established under this name was in Baltimore Maryland in 1851. It…Tags Religion -
Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA)
The first Young Women's Christian Association was created in 1855 in England. Mary Jane Kinnaird founded the North London Home for nurses who traveled during the Crimean War. It combined with Emma Robarts Prayer Union in 1877 to form the YWCA. The YWCA of the United States was… -
Young Women's Christian Association, Northern New Jersey Branch
The YWCA of Ridgewood and Hackensack was founded in the 1920s in relation to the YWCA of the United States. They combined in the 1990s to form the YWCA Bergen County. In the 2010s, the institution expanded to serve women in Passaic, Bergen, Morris, Essex, and Hudson counties.